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Misplaced Trust

Updated Sept. 24, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

You correctly identified the tragic consequences of the misplaced trust that the West had placed in Arafat as its Palestinian leader in the peace process. It is folly for the West to continue to put their faith in this man whose idea of success is measured by the results of his sabotage and subterfuge, 10 years of increasingly worse relations between Israel and Palestine. However, I am concerned that the forced removal of Arafat by outsiders will cause more harm than good.